Irish

Famous quotes containing the word irish:

“I hope you will not be washed away by the Irish sea.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Irish Americans are about as Irish as black Americans are African.”
—Bob Geldof (b. 1954)

“The Irish are often nervous about having the appropriate face for the occasion. They have to be happy at weddings, which is a strain, so they get depressed; they have to be sad at funerals, which is easy, so they get happy.”
—Peggy Noonan (b. 1950)